As Rajar publishes its first quarter results for the radio market, Newsline presents a full round-up for the national stations and networks and the digital and breakfast markets.

In total, 32 million people now tune in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver – DAB, digital TV or online – each week.

Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire chairman of French media company Vivendi, has announced his intention to buy a 60 per cent stake in advertising group Havas from his own holding company.

The debate about online ad regulation was raised again this week – this time by the Times journalist who exposed how brands were inadvertently ‘funding terror’ through extremist YouTube videos.

The media industry has been warned to get its house in order ahead of the launch of the new currency for published media early next year.

BT’s online advertising wing will use Rubicon Project’s exchange to connect advertisers to its ten million users across BT.com, BT Sport.com and the BT Sport and BT Wi-Fi apps.

At Mediatel’s 2017 Planning Debate, experts warned that an over-reliance on data and a lack of human interaction was creating a chasm between planners and their audiences.

Premium publishers may have proved that context and quality of environment amount to increased ROI for advertisers, but the trading mechanics have yet to catch up. By David Pidgeon.

West joins from Havas Media and will become a member of Newsworks’ leadership team, overseeing client services as well as strategy planning for the marketing body for national newspapers.

Virgin Media is set join Sky’s AdSmart in a major deal that, if it goes ahead, will boost the scale of the targeted advertising platform.